"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
I. told me to watch "who is afraid of Virginia Wolf" before watching this one, but I'm in the mood for this one, and I have to say they nailed few things and some bits are a gem, but god damn if that wasn't a hasty dialogue draft.
"Out of everything I said, 'mediocre' is the only thing that stuck with you"
I heard of the backlash over the age disparity between the leads and honestly, I don't see HOW there could be none for the characters portrayed.
You're more privileged than the white girl from the LA times that thinks she is doing a public service by lifting up your fucking ass.
While I furiously type through the last section of my literature review, nothing beats a rehearsed elaborate complex kitsch cool dynamite rehearsed movie to keep the same energy on the fucking Word
Funny thing; this was my first Park Chan-Wook on US soil and the rewatch that stood by me in my first days in this place. It would have been befitting if it helped me close the goddamn chapter.
But instead, here we are, at the beginning of the end instead.
I will take it god fucking damn
Also three AMERICAN SIZED mugs of coffee mit vitamins and ibuprofen for my period got me out of my goddamn fucking mind
I helped some fellow broken broke PhD in their linguistics related project and some poor student lost in translation with Syria and "Arabitized Japanese Cartoons" (so do we call them Americanized Japanese Cartoons when they are dubbed in English Oo?????)
And all that talking brought a still steady playlist that followed me through the ages; when folks be prepping in prep school, some homies and I were chilling in the improvised cantine singing to out hearts' content the Arabic openings of anime. The dub may be shit but goddamn, the Syrian companies NAILED the openings, and the poerty was so researched, the lines so light that I seldom find such dedication nowadays, in the opening songs that is.
I brought up this one as an example because the way the verses flow are priceless, and and and
And because I had a decent English translation ready.....
لؤلؤتي تريد ان نبحر من جديد
My Pearl (Pearl was the name of the Killer Whale in the anime) wants us to sail the ocean again
لؤلؤتي تريد ان نبحر من جديد
My Pearl wants us to sail the ocean again
نحو هلال ابيض يسبح فاللافق البعيد
Towards a white crescent that swims towards the far horizon
بين الماء والسماء نبحر في كل الانواء
Between water and sky, we sail through all adversities
بين الماء والسماء نبحر في كل الانواء
Between water and sky, we sail through all adversities
وهنا نجم يتلالئ للمركب قال,اتبعني تعال
And here is a star sparling to the boat he says, follow me come
يحملك الموج بلا تعب فكفاك دلال
The waves carry you without fatigue so stop being spoiled
للمركب قال اتبعني تعال
To the boat he says follow me come
يحملك الموج بلا تعب فكفاك دلال
The waves carry you without fatigue so stop being spoiled
لؤلؤتي تريد ان نبحر من جديد
My pearl wants us to sail the ocean again
لؤلؤتي تريد ان نبحر من جديد
My pearl wants us to sail the ocean again
نحو هلال ابيض يسبح في الافق البعيد
Towards a white crescent that swims in the far horizon
نحو هلال ابيض يسبح في الافق البعيد
Towards a white crescent that swims in the far horizon
I was delaying that season for sometime now. I started it yesterday and pushed way past midnight trying to finish it. That's how hooked I was.
It was by far the grossest season of them all. I'm not a squeamish person but god damn, I had to advert my gaze or stop eating at some parts. Why so many poop jokes? Don't get me wrong, I love me some poop science, poop and bowels are my thing, MY THING, MINE!
But the two poop twins, the shit overdose and hallucination arcs were too much for me. That and Lola and Jay's shitpool. Was never a fan of swimming pools to start with and this took the cake!
That being said, it's also the season where it gets the heaviest and where some side characters get better treatment introspection and fleshing out wise, and god damn I was feeling emotional and heavy at many places.
The story plot of Matthew was amazing and ignited a debate with a friend of mine; why would you be having children if you are not ready to accept them gender, sexuality, mental health, disability wise? It's a complex conversation to say the least though; having children is unfortunately something many who do are neither equipped for nor humble enough to train for and I won't even bother getting too much into it. It's a shitshow, even more than Andrew's shitty arc.
Jay got the best treatment in writing wise this season and I LOVE it. Lola for once got to be more fleshed out and I'm here for it. Then their dynamic was the cherry on top!
The season finale got me pretty bad, but I'm so grateful they provided closure on the main issues.
It would have been absolute hell to leave the characters and us in such a mind state.
On one of my zoom language instruction classes, I saw one of my pupil watching Big Mouth on her screen, and I hope to God she will continue watching it. I know I would have been grateful for something like that show in my first age.
